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Santa Saturnina 3D
Posted by: stephen in Saturna Project on March 29th, 2009
With the project deadline fast approaching everyone on the team has been working overtime on their areas of responsibility. Over the course of the past week I have been busy working on fine tuning the model of the Santa Saturnina (poly count is stressing my pc :) along with improving the texturing. With expert guidance from Gordon Miller, I believe we have created a good representation of what this old ship once looked like.
Here are a few renders...
Stephen
Santa Saturnina - model
Posted by: stephen in Saturna Project on March 5th, 2009
The first iteration of the Santa Saturnina model is getting close to being finished. While there is still more detail work to be done, the majority of the modeling is complete. Here are some recent renders of the model in a more "natural" environment.
Santa Saturnina
Posted by: stephen in Saturna Project on February 4th, 2009
Modelling of the Santa Saturnina began last week with me setting up a cage frame for reference. Thanks to Gordon Miller I was able to get my hands on his plans for this ship.
Once this step was completed I deliberated on whether or not to use nurbs surfaces or simple poly modelling. After some experimentation I decided on the poly approach and so I began work on the hull.
Once the basic shape of the hull was finished I moved onto other details such as the keel and rigging on the Santa Saturnina.
In the past few days the model is looking more and more like a ship of that era. With better texturing and some tweaking I expect a great model of this mysterious ship. Here are a few more screen shots of the ship in progress.
